There is no evidence that NICE approvals cause harm
Chris Sampson challenges a recent article in The Lancet claiming that NICE recommendations reduce population health.
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Crisis, what crisis? Reproducibility and health economics
Prof Philip Clarke considers the challenge of reproducibility in the discipline of health economics, discussing several initiatives that can support high quality research and better decision-making.
Journal round-up: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 20(3)
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d… Read More »Journal round-up: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 20(3)
Cost-effectiveness thresholds as marginal productivity: a primer for non-health economists
The pros and cons of setting the value of a cost-effectiveness threshold according to the marginal productivity of the healthcare service and the importance of deliberative decision-making.
Journal round-up: Health Economics 30(7)
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d… Read More »Journal round-up: Health Economics 30(7)
Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 15th March 2021
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of the latest peer-reviewed journal publications. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as some other notable releases. If you’d like to write one of our weekly journal round-ups,… Read More »Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 15th March 2021
Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: providing useful analysis and communicating results
In our first post, we explained opportunity cost, marginal productivity (of a healthcare system), net benefit, and cost-effectiveness threshold. In this post, we put forward our views on how to use cost-effectiveness thresholds and the existing estimates of marginal productivity… Read More »Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: providing useful analysis and communicating results
Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: what are they and how are they related?
In this post, we explain key concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare and how they are linked: opportunity cost, marginal productivity (of a healthcare system), net benefit, and cost-effectiveness threshold. In another post, to be published tomorrow, we will propose… Read More »Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: what are they and how are they related?
Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 11th May 2020
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Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 13th April 2020
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit… Read More »Chris Sampson’s journal round-up for 13th April 2020